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Originally published in France as La Gloire de Van Gogh:
Essai d'Anthropologie de l'Admiration

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Heinich, Nathalie.
[Gloire de Van Gogh. English]
The glory of van Gogh: an anthropology of
admiration / Nathalie Heinich; translated by
Paul Leduc Browne.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-691-03269-6 (alk. paper)
1. Gogh, Vincent van, 1853–1890—Appreciation.
I. Title.
N6923.G63H4513 1996
759.9492—dc20 95-21216

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